Rhododendron schoddei Sleumer

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Shrub to 2 m, terrestrial, young stems at first densely covered with bright brown stellate scales. Leaves 3–6 × 1.5–2.3 cm, ovate to ovate-elliptic, the apex acute, the margin entire, narrowly but distinctly revolute, the base broadly tapering to rounded; upper surface densely scaly at first but quickly glabrescent, midrib impressed, lateral veins 6–8 pairs slightly impressed or obscure; underside with the midrib strongly raised throughout its length, the laterals obscure, scales brown, stellate-dendroid, moderately dense, from small epidermal tubercles. Flowers 1–3 per umbel, half-hanging to hanging; calyx a low lobed, densely scaly disc; corolla deep pink, broadly tubular, slightly curved, 2.6–3 × 1.5–2.5 cm, densely scaly outside; stamens 10, clustered on the upper side of the mouth; ovary densely scaly and hairy, the style hairy in the basal 1/2, glabrous above. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution  Papua New Guinea Western Highlands Province

Habitat 2,600 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H2

Conservation status Least concern (LC)